State police: Recovered item in safe-keeping

If you recently had a safe stolen, state police from the Embreeville barracks may have it – in safe-keeping, of course.

Police said they are investigating the discovery of a safe on Feb. 17 about 5:15 p.m. in the area of Old Shadyside Road, about two-tenths of a mile west of Rt. 322 in West Bradford Township. Call police at 610-486-6280 and reference incident number J03-1392960 if you think it might be yours.

A Quarryville woman faces charges for alleged shoplifting at the Walmart in East Marlborough Township, police said. Kimberly Nawasa Ewing, 36, is accused of stealing various cell-phone accessories on Feb. 23 at 5:29 p.m., police said.

A traffic crash on Feb. 23 at 4:05 a.m. on Rt. 52, south of Parkersville Road in Pocopson Township, led to drunken-driving charges, police said. Gerome D. Ruff, 33, of Oxford, was determined to be intoxicated by investigators at the crash site, police said.

A West Chester driver attempting to exit the Sunoco parking lot onto eastbound Rt. 926 on Feb. 28 at 4:18 p.m. failed to proceed with clearance, police said. Francis X. Collinsgru, 30, hit the front bumper of a 2006 Mercedes-Benz with his 2001 Ford Mustang, police said. No one was injured, but Collinsgru was cited, police said.

An 18-year-old Kennett Square driver was cited for traveling too fast for conditions on Feb. 27 at 11:48 a.m., police said. Kaitlyn V. McComas sustained minor injury when she lost control of her 2004 Explorer while trying to negotiate a left turn on southbound Wollaston Road, south of Rt. 926, police said. Police said her vehicle rolled over and hit a tree before resting upright on the right shoulder of the roadway; her 17-year-old passenger was not injured, police said, adding that both were wearing seat belts.

A 23-year-old West Grove man was cited for traveling too fast for conditions on Feb. 14 at 5:04 a.m. in West Marlborough Township, police said. Jacob A. Reyle was traveling south on Rt. 841, north of Rt. 842, in snowy conditions when he lost control of his 1998 Honda, which traveled across Rt. 841, hit an embankment and flipped over, said police. Police said Reyle, who was wearing a seat belt, was not injured.

Another seat-belted driver escaped injury on Feb. 27 in East Marlborough Township, police said. Kathleen L. Dehaven, 68, of Unionville, was traveling north on Rt. 82, just north of Marlbrooke Way, when she lost control of her 2004 Subaru Legacy, police said. The vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway and hit a tree, police said, adding that Dehaven was cited.

State police are investigating an incident of criminal mischief that allegedly occurred sometime between 7 p.m. on Feb. 16 and 9 a.m. on Feb. 17. Police said a mailbox in the 100 block of Newlin Green Circle in Newlin Township was broken off of its support post. Anyone with information is asked to call 484-340-3241, police said.